96-98 muffler?

[87SSTPI]

Originally Posted by fastfew

i would not run the y pipe i just did that this saturday on my 97 burb it had a magnaflow catback dual in and 3" out it was to quite, and the muffler had some rust holes i had the shop make a 3" ypipe and i bought a 3"in and 3" out flowmaster 40 series and i used the same magnaflow tail pipe. now my exhaust is barely louder at idle,but above 1500rpm i have way more backpressure and and i can feel the drag when i let off the gas and coast ,from the increased engine braking.i am going to replace it with a 2in 1 out magnaflow and just live with the quiter sound ,but i gain some mpg..........

Thanks for the info.
I am going to still do the "y" though as long as it adds even a little sound.
I had wondered about the "y" being a restriction so I made mine come in one in front of the other on opposite sides.
This will create a push from one bank of cyl to the other, helping shove the exhaust gasses through to........... J/K
The way I made it is like I explained above though, if it makes the V8 motor at least louder than a battery opperated toy all while spending less than $60/total w/cheap glasspack I will be happy.

[88Vic]

Originally Posted by 87SSTPI

I simply want to hear my truck once it has been started so I don't accidently double-key the ignition.
So far I have less than $20 in pipes bought from the local auto parts store, and honestly if it wasn't for the goofy retarded assnine setup that GM put on this truck I would already be done with it by simply investing that $20 in a glasspack.......done.
Also, it would be nice if my 5.7 Vortec was in fact louder than my 6 yr old's battery powered razor scooter.

I know a simple dual kit woul do the trick, but I wasn't looking to spend much more than the price of a glasspack or something similar.
The 2 3/4" pipe is oddball too (go figure).
I still hope to get it done for far less than $100 and have 'some' sound.

I had that same train of thought last year, I had no cat and my 24" Magnaflow had a great tone and rumble but since it was so big I could barely hear it, so I decided to cut it off and run this:


That's an 18" Summit glasspack, the $20 one. It wasn't bad for the first couple weeks but once it burned out it wasn't much better than straight pipe, which I also know about:
Where the cat used to be

And where the muffler used to be:


I got sick and tired of all that and I took it to a shop and gave them my Thunderbolt highflow cat, my 18" Magnaflow 3"si/2.5"do and had them replace the piping after the Y with 3" and also had my tips angled out the side since I couldn't afford tails and I thought the side exits looked cool, and they sure do I love them. I never regret once shelling out the money for it ($140 minus the cost of the cat, muffler and tips), sound quality is worth a few bucks.